Comments on the National Post articles on Dr Zamboni and CCSVI by Blackwell and Corcoran
comments by: Dr Ashton Embry, Direct-MS (www.direct-ms.org)
A few weeks ago, two articles on Dr Zamboni’s research on chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) and its implications for treating multiple sclerosis were published in the National Post. One was by Tom Blackwell and was entitled “Is new MS research the real thing, or a media-driven frenzy?” Mr Blackwell tried to be somewhat objective on Dr Zamboni’s work but frequently lapsed into negativity. The second article by Terrance Corcoran, the editor of
the Financial Post, was entitled “A cure in sight? Not so fast”. It did not pretend to have any objectivity and was pure vitriol from start to finish.
To understand the motivation behind these two “anti-CCSVI” articles, one has to be aware of “media politics” in Canada. There are two main newspaper chains and each has a national newspaper as well as numerous local ones. The National Post, which was founded by Conrad Black, is the national newspaper of CanWest Global Media and it represents the conservative voice in Canada. The national newspaper of Bell Canada Media, a somewhat more liberal voice, is the
Globe and Mail, and it published the original story on Dr Zamboni’s research on its front page in late November. Bell Media also owns the CTV network which produced the riveting documentary on Dr Zamboni’s revolutionary work by Avis Favaro and Elizabeth St Philip.
Needless to say there is a lot of rivalry between the two media chains and I am told that CanWest Global executives were most displeased that Bell Media scooped them on the Zamboni story. Thus, the Post articles are basically a “sour grapes” response by CanWest Global Media. However, that does not mean they potentially do not have some value.
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